Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Cyclonic Storm Nilam, originated from an area
of low pressure over the Bay of Bengal on October 28,2012 - the system began as a weak depression, gradually
intensified into a deep depression, and subsequently a Cyclonic Storm threatening
Chennai but made landfall near Mahabalipuram as a strong Cyclonic Storm with
peak winds of 85 kmph (50 mph) ……… fortunately, it did not devastate the city
of Chennai, it brought to shore a tanker vessel - MT Pratibha Cauvery that ran
aground ~ and soon there were huge crowds witnessing a ship at close quarters
!!

the ship, lighthouse and road leading to foreshore estate

Ferdinand Porsche was an automotive engineer and founder of the
Porsche car company. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric
hybrid vehicle (Lohner-Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Mercedes-Benz
SS/SSK, and several Porsche automobiles. Porsche was an important contributor
to the German war effort during World War II. He was involved in the production
of advanced tanks; he was a member of the German Nazi party and the SS. In
1996, Porsche was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and
in 1999 posthumously won the award of Car Engineer of the Century.

Cyclone Nilam brought ‘MT Pratibha Cauvery’
closer to the land …it was agrounded nearer Foreshore Estate, the continuation
of stretch of Marina beach after Gandhi beach / Lighthouse… the Kamarajar Salai
aka Beach Road narrows at this stretch and often vehicles are diverted in the
inner lane leading to Foreshore Estate, where one wades through fish
stalls….there are slum tenements over here… and on a Saturday evening, had to
move slowly as there are too many speed- breakers too here….

Not gelling with the surrounding were many
cars…. Chennai offers rich diversity…….. more rich and widening gap…. On roads
one gets to see so many cars, most luxurious ones, and most of the foreign
brands on road on metropolis. Have seen in recent times – Audi, Jaguar,
Lamborghini, Bentley, BMW, Volkswagen and more….. and Saturday [1st
Feb 14] added one more to that list ……

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche
is a German holding company with investments in the automotive industry. Porsche
SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart. The company was founded by Ferdinand Porsche.
One of the first assignments the new company received was from the German
government to design a car for the people, that is a "Volkswagen".
This resulted in the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the most successful car designs
of all time. During World War II,
Volkswagen production turned to the military version of the Volkswagen Beetle,
the Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen.

Like its tall competitors, Porsche too has a special logo
– the coat of arms of the Free People's State of Württemberg. The heraldic symbols were
combined with the texts "Porsche" and "Stuttgart", which shows that it is not a
coat of arms since heraldic achievements never spell out the name of the
armiger nor the armigers home town in the shield.

Here are a couple photos of Porsche Cayenne
seen on that day… a web search reveals – the model costs anywhere between Rs.70
lakhs to 1.58 crores + depending on the version.

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